A day after Nebraska lawmakers voted to advance a ban on gender-affirming care for youth, senators were expressing their frustration with filibusters as they looked ahead to next week’s first full day of floor debate.
On Day 2 of the three-day debate on LB574, some state senators have raised concerns about the legality of the bill opposing gender-affirming care for youth.
Transgender students won’t be allowed to use a public school restroom in Iowa that aligns with their gender identity, nor will they be allowed gender-affirming care under bills that Gov. Reynolds signed into law.
A measure was heard this week in the Nebraska Legislature that would repeal the death penalty. Capital Punishment was abolished by the Nebraska Legislature in 2015, a decision that was reversed by voters in 2016.
Despite his co-sponsorship of the bill, which would ban abortion once cardiac activity is detected, Riepe introduced an amendment to tighten the state’s current ban from 20 weeks to 12.
A dust-up in the Unicameral on Wednesday after a state senator proposed censuring her filibustering colleague Wednesday over her polarizing characterization of a trans youth bill.
Preliminary vote totals in the Millard Public Schools district on the levy override showed more in favor of allowing further hikes in school taxes for property owners.
6 News brings you the latest on an effort to totally uphaul the state’s tax system. It’s a proposal you may have seen before…in the unicam or through a petition drive. This year it's LB79.
The 2023 legislative session so far has been marked by emotional social issues and painstakingly slow debates, because one senator is taking a stand on one bill by extending debate on every bill.
LB753 would set aside $25 million for tax credits for those who donate scholarships to private schools. That figure would grow to $100 million in a few years.
Multiple state attorneys general are looking to review internal TikTok communications to determine whether the company engaged in deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable conduct.
State senators continued their work in Nebraska’s state capitol pushing forward with efforts to turn bills into law while even as one lawmaker has promised to delay by using the rules.
Bellevue city officials believe Old Towne Bellevue would have new life with more traffic moving around and more people going into businesses -- if its racetrack-casino becomes reality.
Should Nebraskans be allowed to conceal a gun without a permit or training? Omaha’s mayor and the police chief for the state’s two largest cities oppose it.
Even though the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature is technically non-partisan, there are clear differences in the success rate of bills passed between Democrats and Republicans.
He’s critical of the process Nebraska uses for funding highway construction, pointing the problems out on the east side of town with Highway 30 to Fremont.
Nebraska’s chief Supreme Court justice is warning lawmakers that staff shortages in the state’s judiciary branch and untenable backlogs in the mental health evaluations of those charged with crimes need to be addressed.
The state seems prepared to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to replace the state penitentiary, but studies -- including the state’s own -- say it won’t be enough.
A bill in the unicameral could help people impacted by violence while on the job. If passed, mental health care would be covered by workers’ compensation.
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